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  • May 2008

    • Okinawa Marine Gets 4 Years for Teen Sex Abuse

      Reuters  |  May 16, 08 8:40 AM CDT

      Okinawa Marine Gets 4 Years for Teen Sex Abuse

      (Newser) - The US marine accused of raping a 14-year-old Japanese girl was sentenced by court martial today to four years in prison, after pleading guilty to abusive sexual conduct, Reuters reports. The other charges against 38-year-old Sgt. Tyrone Hadnott, including rape and kidnapping, were dropped. With his plea deal, Hadnott will serve only three of the four years. He was dishonorably discharged.   More »

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      Japan  • US military  • Okinawa  • child rape  • military law  • court martial  • Tyrone Hadnott

  • April 2008

    • US Charges Marine With Okinawa Rape

      CNN  |  Apr 25, 08 9:32 AM CDT

      US Charges Marine With Okinawa Rape

      (Newser) - The US military has charged a Marine with rape of a child, adultery, and kidnapping after an assault on a 14-year-old girl in Okinawa, CNN reports. Japanese officials had released the Marine earlier this year after the girl, apparently not wanting to be in the public eye, dropped the allegations. But US officials investigated for violations of the military justice code. The incident has infuriated residents of Okinawa. More »

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      Japan  • US military  • Okinawa  • child rape  • military law  • court martial  • Tyrone Hadnott

  • March 2008
  • January 2008

    • US Officer Cleared Over Abu Ghraib

      BBC  |  Jan 11, 08 9:17 AM CST

      US Officer Cleared Over Abu Ghraib

      (Newser) - The only officer who faced a court-martial over the torture at Abu Ghraib has been cleared of all criminal wrongdoing. The BBC reports that Lt. Col. Steven Jordan was convicted in August of disobeying a gag order, but that decision was annulled and his record is now clean. No officer has been dismissed or faced any direct charges for the Abu Ghraib scandal, although 11 lower-ranking soldiers have been convicted. More »

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      Iraq  • US military  • torture  • Abu Ghraib  • court martial

  • December 2007

    • Marine to Stand Trial for Iraq Killing Spree

      San Diego Union-Tribune  |  Dec 31, 07 6:40 PM CST

      Marine to Stand Trial for Iraq Killing Spree

      (Newser) - A Marine will face court-martial for leading a bloody strike against Iraqi civilians two years ago, the San Diego Union-Tribune reports. Charges filed against Staff Sgt. Frank Wuterich today include voluntary manslaughter and aggravated assault, but a Marine commander dismissed the more severe charge of unpremeditated murder. Wuterich could face 160 years in the brig, a sentence experts call unlikely, the AP reports. More »

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      Iraq  • murder  • trial  • Marine  • manslaughter  • court martial  • Haditha  • Staff Sgt. Frank Wuterich

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